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(No Model.) H. W. osTBR. PIPE AND BOLT GUTTER:

No. 539,880. Patented May 28, 1895.,

WITNESSEE. l

VUNrrnD STATES PATENT. Orrrcn.

HERMAN W. OSTER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE OSTER MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

2., SLPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 539,880, dated May 28,1895. replication and May 9,1894.. sel-n1 No'. 510,568. (No modei.)

whichengages an opening in said cutter, said` bar being arranged to operate in an adjustvable die-stock.

The object of my improvement is to provide a convenient device for cutting oft pipes and bolts, after they have been threaded in a die-stock, although the cutter is entirely in-v dependent of the dies and may be employed Withoutthe saine.

'That my invention may be seen and fully understood by others; reference will be had to the following specification and annexed drawings forming a part thereof, in Which- Figure 1 is a top view of my device; Fig. 2,

a top view of the guide-bar, the cutter being removed; Fig. 3, a sidevieW of said device; Fig. 4, a sectional view on lines a: so, Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a sectional view on lines rj y, Fig. 2; and Fig. 6, a plan view of an adjustable diestock, showing thc cutter thrown forward.

Similar figures of reference designate like parts in the drawings and specification.

The guide-bar 1 is provided with the slot or recess 2 in which the block 3 is reciprocated by-means of the screw 4, said screw extending through said block. The screw4 extends from the front end of the recess 2, through said recess lengthwise, terminating in the neck 4a and the thumb-piece 4b. The thumbpiece 4b is outside of the rear end of the bar 1 and the neck 4a connects said piece with the .screw 4. The neck 4' is provided with the groove 4c, and the studs 5, 5 are driven securely into the bar 1, engaging said groove each side of Vsaid neck to prevent any reciprocating movement of the screw` 4.

The top ofthe block 3 is flush with the up per side of the bar l and -the post 6 projects above the upper surface of said block, in the center. The cutter 7 is of the same width as the bar l and has an opening to receive the post- 6. The slot S is cut or cast in the underside of the bar 1.

It Will now be readily seen that, by turning the screw 4 in one direction when the cutterl 7 is in place on top of the bar l, said cutter will be moved forward and, by turning said screw in the opposite direction, the cutter will be drawn back.

The guide-bar l is intended to operate in an1 adjustable die-stock, or its equivalent, and with the cutter 7 to fit closely a recess or passage in said stock.

In Fig. 6, a die-stock 9 is shown, having the guide-bars l, 10, 10, the dies 11, and the camplate 12. On the inner side of the plate 12 are cams indicated by the dotted lines 13 which engage the bar slots 8 and reciprocate the bars 1, 10, 10, when said plate is turned.

The bars 1, 10, l0 are set to the diameter of the bolt or pipe to be cut, by turning thecamplate 12, and then said plate'is clamped orheld rigidly `by any suitable means and in turn secures said bars in position. By turning the thumb-piece 4b so as to drive forward the cuty ter 7, s aid cutter is brought into co ntact with the bolt or pipe and operates on the same. The' steady turning of the screw 4 forces thc cutter 7 deeper and deeper into the metal of the bolt or pipe until the same is cut through. The screw 44 is now turned in the opposite direction until the edge of the cutter 7 is drawn ,f

back from the front end of the bar l and the tool is ready for another bolt or similar article. Byremoving the cam-plate 12, the bar 1 may be freelywithdrawn and the cutter 7 slipped from the post 6, which is very convienient whenl it is desired to sharpen said cutter. The cutter 7 and bar 1 are as easily placed in position again in the stock 9.

I do not claim, in connection with this invention, the particular devices herein shown and described for reciprocating the bar 1, since any other snit-able means may be employed for that purpose. f

In place of the slot 8 in the bar l a pin may be used and cam slots substituted for` the cams 13, in the plate 12.

In a large stock two'bars 1 and cutters 7 said block and the rear end of said guide-barv and terminating at one end in the grooved neck 4f and the thumb-piece 4b, said thumbpiece outside of the rear end of said guidebar, said studs engaging the groove in said neck, substantiailyas and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a pipe and boit cutter, theguide-'bar l having therein the recess 2, the reciprocatin'gblock 3 in said recess Hush with the top of said guidebar provided with the post 6, the studs 5, 5 and the non-reciprocating screw 4 extending through said block and the rear end of said guide-bar and terminating at one lend'in the' groov'ed neck 4 and the thumbpiece 4J outside of the rearend of said guidebar, said. studs engaging the groove in said ,neck, in combination with the cutter 7 of the same width assaid guide-bar and provided Awith an opening to receive said post, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 'in' presence of tWo Witness. HERMAN NV. OSTER.

Witnesses:

F. A. CUTTER, P. APLEFELD. 

